the Moore 4

Well, what’s good about a blog if you can’t complain about your children on one post and absolutely yell from a soap box how incredible, smart and wonderful they are? Yes, exactly. So, here goes a proud mommy about her stupendous kid, Cali, age 5 and a half, a kindergartener.

Today was SEP Conferences, or in terms we all understand, parent teacher conferences at school. And actually, these aren’t the ‘old school conferences’ where just parents go and the child has to wait to hear what went on after it’s all over. No, now the child is there and involved. Teachers, parent(s) and students get to talk about successes, things to work on and set goals. SEP stands for Student Educational Plan. And all three sign their names to the Plan prescribed.

We’ve all been amazed at Cali’s brilliance at reading. Today we learned that she is decoding (being able to see and recognize the words) at about a 4th grade level and her comprehension of the words at about a 2nd grade, 3rd month level. Incredible! Amazing! ☺ Way to go, Cali Mo!

Her other “areas of strengths” were that she is “kind to everyone” and “completes (her) work with neatness”. She also knows the shapes and attributes of them (how many sides, corners).

Goals for her are knowing certain vowel sounds on an individual letter basis (although she is able to identify them when she reads words), comprehension skills by us asking her questions during stories, encourage her to raise her hand to be more involved a little in class, and her “writing in upper and lower case letters”.

Cali, my Love, what a wonderful first conference we had with you and Mrs. Yardley! I’m so glad you love her and that she is your teacher. She is fantastic! And I am so glad you love school. You are so beautiful and talented and intelligent. Mommy and Daddy are so proud of your great learning ability.

Here’s to more happy school days together ☺

Posted by Shelley